Maker

Pisanello

Maker name as recorded in the holding museum's catalogue: “Pisanello (Antonio Pisano)”. Biographical and business details beyond that record have not been independently verified.

Kind: medallist

Entries are linked to a maker only where the museum or collection record names that maker; attributed, workshop and uncertain names are not linked.

Published entries

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

5 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1400 – 1446

5 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

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Catalogue entries (5)

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Medal: John VIII Palaeologus, model 1439 (possibly cast 17th century)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

medals

Medal: John VIII Palaeologus, model 1439 (possibly cast 17th century)

model 1439 (possibly cast 17th century)

Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1306), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Medal: John VIII Palaeologus”. The museum dates it model 1439 (possibly cast 17th century). It is attributed to Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, Pisa or Veron…

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Medal: Leonello d'Este, ca. 1441–44 (possibly cast 16th century)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

medals

Medal: Leonello d'Este, ca. 1441–44 (possibly cast 16th century)

ca. 1441–44 (possibly cast 16th century)

Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1309), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Medal: Leonello d'Este”. The museum dates it ca. 1441–44 (possibly cast 16th century). It is attributed to Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, Pisa or Verona by…

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Cleveland Museum of Art

medals

Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (Cleveland Museum of Art 1938.309)

c. 1445

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1938.309: Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse), c. 1445. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Inscribed: obverse: DVX EQVITVM PRAESTANS; across: MALATESTA NOVELLVS CESN…

Documented

Partial type record

medals

Medal — Niccolo Piccinino, Verona, ca. 1441

ca. 1441

Medal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.170-1910), made in Verona, dated ca. 1441, attributed to Pisanello. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze, of Niccolo Piccinino (1380-1444), by Pisanello, Italy (Verona), ca. 1441. Museum description: Medal in bronze of Niccolo Piccinino…

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Medal: Don Iñigo d’Avalos, model ca. 1449–50 (possibly cast 19th or 20th century)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

medals

Medal: Don Iñigo d’Avalos, model ca. 1449–50 (possibly cast 19th or 20th century)

model ca. 1449–50 (possibly cast 19th or 20th century)

Medal in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1300), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Medal: Don Iñigo d’Avalos”. The museum dates it model ca. 1449–50 (possibly cast 19th or 20th century). It is attributed to Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, P…

Documented

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Dated entries by century

14th century1
15th century4

Only the 5 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

Zinc3
Bronze2
Copper2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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